#C8A971#C8A971

#C8A971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.082 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A971
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 113)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 43.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 3.76, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 33.28, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0118 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.082 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9893, 41.8494, 21.5383)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A971 #7190C8

analogous

#C87E71 #C8A971 #BCC871

triadic

#C8A971 #71C8A9 #A971C8

tetradic

#C8A971 #71C87E #7190C8 #C871BC

square

#C8A971 #71C87E #7190C8 #C871BC

split-complementary

#C8A971 #71BCC8 #7E71C8

monochromatic

#896B35 #B68E46 #C8A971 #D9C49D #EADEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8A971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A971

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A971	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.082 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac29a',
    500: '#c8a971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a971;
$custom-light: #dac29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.621,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74943,
    "c": 0.08186,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A971

secondary

#BAC6DB

accent

#5FB72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A971

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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